#42CE8C#42CE8C

#42CE8C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.153 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE8C
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 140)
HSL	hsl(152, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 32%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -52.48, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 56.98, 157.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1427 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.153 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0489, 47.1911, 32.3837)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE8C #CE4284

analogous

#42CE46 #42CE8C #42CACE

triadic

#42CE8C #8C42CE #CE8C42

tetradic

#42CE8C #4642CE #CE4284 #CACE42

square

#42CE8C #4642CE #CE4284 #CACE42

split-complementary

#42CE8C #CE42CA #CE4642

monochromatic

#1F774D #2BA76D #42CE8C #73DBAA #A3E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CE8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#42CE8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE8C

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE8C	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.153 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deae',
    500: '#42ce8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce8c;
$custom-light: #87deae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76038,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE8C

secondary

#D498B4

accent

#468FE2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE8C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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